| A | B |
|---|
| limited government | government is not all-powerful |
| reprsentative government | government should serve the will of the people |
| magna carta | fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of lawprotectoin agianst the arbitary taking of life, liberty, and property |
| petition of rights | limited the king's power by demanding that the king not imprison political critics without trial by jury; not declare martial law, or rule by the military, during peacetime |
| english bill of rights | prohibited a standing army in peacetime, except with the consent of parliment |
| charter | a written grant of authority from the king |
| bicameral | two house legislature |
| unicameral | one house legislature |
| boycott | a refusal to buy or sell something |
| popular sovereignty | government can exist and function only with the consent of the governed |
| constitutions | bodies of fundimental laws setting out the princeples, structures, and processes of their governments |
| radification | formal aproval |
| three fifths compromise | aproved that all "free persons" should be counted and so should "three fifths" of all other persons. |
